 Katrina/NOLA: Interdictor's BLOG, Fighting the good fight. |
 Sep 3 2005, 08:44 PM
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Neophyte Runner  Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364  |
I know everyone's probably tired of Katrina news by this point, but this guy deserves a mention. Michael Barnett, ex Special Forces soldier, and employee of DirectNIC, an internet hub and hosting provider for much of the gulf region, has been heading up a small operation that's been keeping their downtown NOLA datacenter up and running on emergency power, thus keeping vital internet communications services operational.
Here's been blogging his progress at http://mgno.com/ under the LiveJournal screen name of Interdictor and even has a webcam up and running(mirrored at http://194.97.144.25/NewOrleans, http://old.mises.org:88/NO, http://old.mises.org:88/NO2, http://video.freevideoblog.com/no2.asx, and http://wss-vip.adv.xc.advection.net/event/...n/0250?ext=.asf). He's one of the few sources of info on what's really going on in downtown NO, though admittedly, his focus has been on keeping his own operation going (having to secure a steady supply of fuel for both his own building and for the connectivity provider that runs his last OC3 line). There's also a FAQ up about him and the work he's doing. I don't know about you all, but this guy is so going to be an NPC in the next campaign I GM. Ex Special Forces, has a cool handle, damn cool and professional under a crisis, and to top it off his fiancee is a hottie. |
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Sep 3 2005, 09:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 7-December 04 Member No.: 6,873 |
Twist it and give him a personal agenda, or make him sociopathic, or some other flaw that when the players get to know him they will regret it.
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Sep 3 2005, 09:49 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
Of course. This is Shadowrun, after all. That almost goes without saying.
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Sep 3 2005, 10:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 807 Joined: 9-October 04 Member No.: 6,741 |
I'm planning on using him for my HMHVV Infection campaign.
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Sep 3 2005, 10:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 511 Joined: 19-August 02 Member No.: 3,139 |
Yeah, i've been following him - his last weeks blog reads hauntingly like Bug City.
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Sep 3 2005, 10:30 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,086 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 364 |
Doesn't it, though? The paralells are uncanny. |
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Sep 3 2005, 11:28 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 7-December 04 Member No.: 6,873 |
Except bug city had a cool conspiracy behind it all.
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Sep 4 2005, 12:49 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
When he dual wields M249s while strafe jumping to blow away evil AK looters, can we film it, make it into an animated gif, and make "Katrin0wned" appear at the end?
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Sep 4 2005, 01:02 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 7-December 04 Member No.: 6,873 |
Not can, but when will we? |
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Sep 4 2005, 01:07 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Of course. I learned from the Hollywood school of hard-ass mercenaries as well as the Dungeons and Dragons Graduate School of Battlefield Tactics that dual wielding is *always* better. |
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Sep 4 2005, 02:18 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
And who says that this doesn't? |
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